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2023 - 1 - 9

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Carlsen takes on the young guard on Saturday at the 'chess ... (Financial Times)

Magnus Carlsen, the world champion, faces his strongest test yet from the new teenage generation when the “chess Wimbledon”, Tata Steel Wijk aan Zee, ...

It seems to be based on Komodo, and most of its few defeats have been by the stronger Stockfish programme. The Russian, playing under the neutral Fide flag, went on to take first prize. Alireza Firouzja, 19, seemed the heir apparent to Carlsen’s throne, but in 2021 the Iranian-born Frenchman had a spat with the Wijk organisers over a final-round incident and has not accepted invitations for the two following years. The trash-talking AI bot kitten was only launched on At age 32, Carlsen is the second oldest of the 14 competing grandmasters. Following the Norwegian’s statement renouncing his crown, Ding Liren, China’s world No2, will meet Ian Nepomniachtchi for the official championship, probably in Mexico City in April.

Kazakh Chess Player Bibisara Assaubayeva Wins Silver at Belt and ... (Astana Times)

ASTANA – Kazakh chess player Bibisara Assaubayeva, 18, took second place at the Belt and Road 2022 World Chess Woman's Summit tournament in China's Xi'an, ...

Unfortunately, the tie-break was not played, and I took silver in the number of wins. [won ](https://astanatimes.com/2022/12/kazakhstans-bibisara-assaubayeva-wins-2022-fide-world-blitz-chess-championship/)the 2022 FIDE World Blitz Chess Championship in Almaty. I played without defeats and scored one point more, at least.

Oak Hall Elementary tops competition in K-12 Chess National ... (WCJB)

The Oak Hall Kindergarten team won the U.S. Chess Federation's 2022 K-12 Championship, led by student Mihai Holcomb.

According to Sevilla, “Part of chess is learning how the pieces move but a lot of it is psychology. The 2nd grade team also won the National Championship for their grade level. The Oak Hall Kindergarten team won the National Championship led by student Mihai Holcomb, who also happened to finish in 1st place to win the individual national title.

2023 Grand Chess Tour: St. Louis Events Moved To November ... (Chess.com)

The Saint Louis Rapid & Blitz and the Sinquefield Cup, part of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour, will take place in November-December this year.

The prize money for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. The 2023 season, the ninth edition of the Grand Chess Tour, will have a total prize fund of $1.4 million. The 2023 Grand Chess Tour's format is identical to the 2022 one, with two classical events and three rapid and blitz events.

The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023 (Yahoo Finance)

The 2023 tour will include eight full tour players and additional wildcards will be selected for each tournament. The Superbet Chess Classic will kick off the ...

The Grand Chess Tour Returns In 2023 (Business Wire)

The Grand Chess Tour (GCT), a circuit of international events, each demonstrating the highest level of organization for the world's best players, will.

In addition to providing a forum for the community to play tournaments and casual games, the club also offers chess improvement classes, beginner lessons and special lectures. Since 2019, chess has become one of the backbones of Superbet Foundation by organizing its first tournament of the Grand Chess Tour in Bucharest. The Foundation is committed to turning GCT tournaments into a tradition for the Romanian and Polish chess communities. The 2023 tour will include eight full tour players and additional wildcards will be selected for each tournament. All Grand Chess Tour events will comply with local and regional COVID-19 restrictions. Its role is to coordinate Superbet Group’s CSR activities and to connect with civil society organizations and the general public. The prize money for each of the two classical tournaments will be $350,000 and $175,000 per event for rapid and blitz. In addition, a bonus prize fund totalling $175,000 will be awarded to the top three overall tour finishers. Tour participants will compete for a total prize fund of $1.4 million over the course of the 2023 season. Founded in 2019, Superbet Foundation is a nonprofit organization. The legendary Garry Kasparov, one of the world's greatest ambassadors for chess, inspired the Grand Chess Tour and helped solidify the partnership between the organizers. The full format and list of full tour players and wildcards of the 2023 Grand Chess Tour will be announced soon.

Viennese hits and misses from storied chess tournament 150 years ... (Washington Times)

It's a new year, and for a chess columnist that means a whole bunch of anniversaries and milestones to celebrate in 2023.

Rxe7 Rxe7 (Qg8 27. Kg1 (gxf3 Qxf3+ and mate next) Rxg3!, and Blackburne resigned as it’s over after 34. (Anderssen would finish third, losing to both Blackburne and Steinitz.) Qxa5 (see diagram; despite his sometimes dour reputation, Steinitz had a fine eye for the combination when necessary) 31. (Rac8 21. Play through the games, though, and you get the sense this era could more accurately be described as the game’s awkward teenage years, moving toward a more rigorous style of play but very uncertain about how to get there. Bxe7 instead of the game’s 17. c4 and 9. d6, and after 9. (See, for example, if we can get through the entire year without noting the centenary of the great Yugoslav grandmaster and writer Svetozar Gligoric, born Feb. The event proved a triumph for the Prague-born, London-based Wilhelm Steinitz, who built on his narrow match win over German star Adolf Anderssen seven years earlier to cement his status as the first “official” world champion, a title he would hold for another 21 years. We’re not likely to match the hoopla surrounding 2022’s 50th anniversary of the epic Spassky-Fischer world championship duel in Reykjavik, Iceland, but there are some chronologically significant dates that we can use as an excuse to meet a column deadline for the coming 12 months.

See The Big Picture! (Chess.com)

GM David Bronstein famously said: “To lose one's objective attitude to a position, nearly always means ruining your game.” I doubt that anyone would argue ...

If he tells me that he plays chess with his buddies at a bar to unwind after a long workday, then it is obvious that he is a recreational chess player with no specific chess goals. But maybe the reader was asking for more examples of the implementation of the method that I described. [mentioned](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/interest-rates-inflation-federal-reserve-transitory/) "transitory inflation," I questioned it in [my article](https://www.chess.com/article/view/the-only-way-to-progress-as-a-chess-player) and provided some numbers in the comments section. Generally speaking, I am a big proponent of saying, “if you give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Now, when you see the big picture, do you have any doubts that the recession that I call Ke2 is coming within the next six months? For a chess player, this approach of looking at the big picture shouldn't be just a chess tool, it should be their way of life! [inverted yield curve](https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/invertedyieldcurve.asp) shown on the bottom pane or the indicator of unemployment claims shown on the upper pane. Sometimes such analysis can prove that you are on the right path and that a painful obstacle is just a temporary hiccup. In my opinion, the best way to stay objective is to see the big picture. [said](https://www.barrons.com/news/not-knowable-if-us-economy-will-see-recession-powell-01671049208): "I don't think anyone knows whether we're going to have a recession or not, and if we do, whether it’s going to be a deep one or not. The creative combination lays bare the presumption of a lie; the merciless fact, culminating in a checkmate, contradicts the hypocrite.” I re-watched it many times, and my favorite moment is the pause after the lady says: "Checkmate!"

Chess tournament combines women's, men's divisions (Paducah Sun)

The Women's Open chess tournament was held Saturday at McCracken County High School, and the big winner of the day was the Lotus children's advocacy and ...

The next scholastic (K-12) chess tournament will be held Jan. Participants must be members of the U.S. “Opportunities like this support all aspects of our mission,” said Caroline Glynn Neal, the Lotus director of community relations. “I thought we had a pretty good turnout,” she said. We have used your information to see if you have a subscription with us, but did not find one. The tournament was the second women’s chess tournament in western Kentucky — the first was held in January 2020 at Paducah Middle School — and marked the second time that a local student coordinated the tournament.

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